Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-04-27
DAKOTA NEWS.

deuel. County farmers complain Of too
much rain.
"A newspaper consolidation is on the
tapis at Huron.
At present Minnehaha County has nine
prisoners in it's Jail.
The Beadle County fair will be held
September 81, % and %.
Oldham is the suggestive name OF o
new town in Kinsbury County.
The newspapers at Aberdeen refuse to
publish advertisements for liquor houses.
The shops of the Northern Pacific
Railroad at jamestown are to be enlarged.
There is strong talk in Clark. County
of arrestng parties who start prairie fires.
Watertown and Lake Kampeska are to
be connected by street cars and motor
line.
u. S. Sample, of Sturgis, built church
and presented it to The Presbyterians Of
that place.
John Norton, the new mayor at Sioux
Falls, receives salary Of 81 year for his
services.
Mrs. George Chamberlain, of White
Lake, has had her husband arrested at
Parkdale for bigamy.
Mr.. Judd, the new postmaster at
Fargo, assumed charge of the Office on the
evening of the 18th inst.
John A. Hill, lawyer Of Grand Forks,
al o;.,x l.
the notorious bank forger.
The different secret orders at 1roquois
are talking up the plan of building a pub.
lie ball and lodge room.
Work on the boring of an artesian we'll
at Bismarck, which was discontinued three
years ago, has been resumed.
The youngsters of the Rec Heights fly
kite which is 6 by 10 feet in size and
which has a tail 40 feet long.
Lead City has guaranteed 81 ,025 as a
salary to be paid to an Episcopal Rector
when one is found TO take the parish.
The farmers of the southern counties
report prospects of better crops the coming
season than for many years of the past.
The first annual meeting of the South.
ern District Pharmaceutical Association
will be held at Sioux Falls, September 6.
Mayor Norton, of Sioux Falls, received
letter from the east addressed to "His
Royal Highness, j. F. Norton, Sioux Falls,
D. T."
Allen McChancy, Clark real estate
agent, has left town and is followed by a
warrant charging him with the embezzle-
m mt of 5000.
1t is reported that an old Dakotaian,
Theodore Zeigler, on n recent visit to Cali
fornin, was vctimized $4,000 on the old
gold brick racket.
Raymond presents a profitable field
for an experienced physician. There is
no physician nearer than Clark or Doland,
twelve miles distant.
In the District Court at Huron, Ben
jamin King, indicted for assault with intent
to kill, was found guilty of assault with in
tent to commit great bodily injury.
A new banking house, with capital
of $40 200, opened for business at Fargo.
The Security Savings Bank, with a capi-
tai stock of $4,000, will begin business
about May Is.
The editor of the Bloomington Courier
has evidently seen something. He says
that if some of his neighbors don't keep their
window curtains lowered he will be obliged
to board up his front windows.
Miss Seba Dewell, who has been post
mistress at Norfolk since the establishment
of three years ago, has been removed be-
cause her father is Republican. Mrs.
Helen M. Briggs is the new postmistress.
Extensive preparations are be ng
made at Sioux Falls for the entertainment
of the Grand Lodge of the Oriental Order
of Humility, which convenes at that place
next month. At least 5000 visitors are
expected.
-Bsmark Tribune: In the city elec.
ton recently the lines were drawn between
the Peoples" ticket and the Citizens"
ticket, and the result proves emphatically
that there are about two citiz ms to one
people in Bismarck.
The In lies of Grand II ,pids, LaMoure
County, feel outraged at the action Of the
County Commissioners in granting a IL
cense TO saloon in that city. 1t seems
that seventy five ladies presented petit
ton for Incense to be granted. The Pc
tition of the | tier was needed. The
ladies are now praying that the place be
Stunned by all young men.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader, says:
The members Of the Oriental Order of HUI
miity are making arrangements TO enter
tain the Grand Lodge meeting, which is
TO be held there next month. Four hun
dred dollars has already been promised and
it is Thought that 81, ,0OJ can b, raised. No
less than 5000 visitors would be in line il
the meeting is held here. Every memb r
of the hut is nsedel at the Halcycn to-
night.
- The Argus Leader SAYS: The work.
ings of the mt r-state commerce law ar.
HtcN stiuS Out Nntt HLc ~ puS uNSHut-
age OF Sioux Fails, MS has been shown.
When shippers in these days ask at head
quarters what freight rates are, the only
answer that they are able to obtain is q
little yellow card on which is printed in
large black letters, mo One Knows but
Jesus" which is carried con 7eneutly in
fhe yast pocket md shown tham All tha
railroad officials from the big guns down TO
the little boys, carry these cards.
1t is row stated at H,llsboro that the
true reason why Ex-Governor Pierce was
not appointed resident Of the University
at Grand Forks at the recent meeting Of
the regents has been kept back. A techni.
cal error in the call, il is said ly those who
claim TO be on the inside, had nothing 10
do with the case. The fact is that Profess
sors Montgomery, Merriheld anil Mckee,